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all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
I'm becoming more and more convinced that we need a different system for teaching math, where students move through the content based on mastery, not time.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘These results are sobering’: US high school seniors’ reading and math scores plummet
Educators worry about absenteeism and smartphones as NAEP report shows scores at lowest levels in two decades
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I'm becoming more and more convinced that we need a different system for teaching math, where students move through the content based on mastery, not time.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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I've said this a lot in recent essays but not as often here: Yes, we're witnessing the expansion and entrenchment of a police state in the US. But unlike the vast majority of concentration camp regimes I've studied, most Americans still have countless opportunities to resist. We can stop it.
July 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I've said this a lot in recent essays but not as often here: Yes, we're witnessing the expansion and entrenchment of a police state in the US. But unlike the vast majority of concentration camp regimes I've studied, most Americans still have countless opportunities to resist. We can stop it.
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A budget is a statement of values.
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A budget is a statement of values.
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
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![4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: This stick is one meter long. PERSON 2 WITH SHORT HAIR: Cool. PERSON 3 WITH WHITE HAT: That’s a nice stick. (2) PERSON 1: This rock weighs one pound. PERSON 2: I’d believe it. PERSON 3: Looks like a normal rock. (3) PERSON 1: This battery is one volt. PERSON 2: Seems fine. PERSON 3: Might need a recharge. (4) PERSON 1: This capacitor is one farad. [2 and 3 leaning away attempting to shield themselves] PERSON 2: *AAAAA! Be careful!!* Person 3: Put it down!!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreih7d3cewqllnapj5oi7cdxjj6qentr2s3tdbijwaik7shmbtrxiji@jpeg)
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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It’s important to remember that every one of these rocket explosions is a massive pollution event of the coast and ocean.
Jun 19: SpaceX Starship 36 explodes into massive fireball during static test last night
June 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s important to remember that every one of these rocket explosions is a massive pollution event of the coast and ocean.
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Her: Why didn't you do the dishes?
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Her: Why didn't you do the dishes?
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
I am constantly telling my science and math students this, about ChatGPT, getting answers from friends, googling, listening to me lecture without engaging, whatever. I even bring a dumbbell to demonstrate.
I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
June 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I am constantly telling my science and math students this, about ChatGPT, getting answers from friends, googling, listening to me lecture without engaging, whatever. I even bring a dumbbell to demonstrate.
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
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chatbots are starting to look less like HAL or Her and more like a psychic hotline that runs 24/7 with a huckster on call who will using cold reading to figure out whatever is going to keep you paying out even if that means tricking you into believing increasingly dangerous delusions
June 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
chatbots are starting to look less like HAL or Her and more like a psychic hotline that runs 24/7 with a huckster on call who will using cold reading to figure out whatever is going to keep you paying out even if that means tricking you into believing increasingly dangerous delusions
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This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
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I'm trying not to have hot takes but saw another "but they're taking law abiding people" and look
I extremely don't care if an undocumented person is law abiding or not. They still deserve due process.
I extremely don't care if an undocumented person is law abiding or not. They still deserve due process.
June 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'm trying not to have hot takes but saw another "but they're taking law abiding people" and look
I extremely don't care if an undocumented person is law abiding or not. They still deserve due process.
I extremely don't care if an undocumented person is law abiding or not. They still deserve due process.
If you like eating, support the people who grow your food. (Also because, you know, fellow humans. But it's especially stupid to harass the people feeding you.)
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you like eating, support the people who grow your food. (Also because, you know, fellow humans. But it's especially stupid to harass the people feeding you.)
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More than anything, I think this speaks to the impoverished view of the role of government. The idea of organizing collective support and aid to solve overwhelming problems is reclassified as akin to some sort of dealer-addict relationship.
President Trump said that his administration plans to “wean” states off FEMA assistance after this year’s hurricane season, offering in the most explicit terms yet his plans for states to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies on their own.
Trump says governors should be able to handle disasters without FEMA
In remarks to reporters, the president said the administration plans to “wean” states off FEMA assistance after hurricane season ends.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
More than anything, I think this speaks to the impoverished view of the role of government. The idea of organizing collective support and aid to solve overwhelming problems is reclassified as akin to some sort of dealer-addict relationship.
That first sentence is gold, thanks!
Be ready to sacrifice precision for clarity, but never accuracy.
Simplifying science for a general audience necessarily means leaving out details that are important to scientists but not to the reader or the story. This is the toughest when writing about the subjects nearest to one's heart!
Simplifying science for a general audience necessarily means leaving out details that are important to scientists but not to the reader or the story. This is the toughest when writing about the subjects nearest to one's heart!
June 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
That first sentence is gold, thanks!
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I can't believe any Democrat would THINK of allying with Elon Musk.
I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.
I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.
June 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I can't believe any Democrat would THINK of allying with Elon Musk.
I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.
I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.
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Already saw at least one Dem Congressman making the same point about denaturalization and just begging, begging people not to descend to the level of calling for stripping the citizenship of people you don't like.
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Already saw at least one Dem Congressman making the same point about denaturalization and just begging, begging people not to descend to the level of calling for stripping the citizenship of people you don't like.
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I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
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The chest x-ray use pioneered by Alan Hart continues to be extremely important in screening for tuberculosis. Although no one accomplishes anything in isolation, I'd argue that Hart has helped saved MILLIONS of lives because chest x-rays have been so essential in driving down rates of TB globally.
Remembering Dr. Alan Hart for Pride, trans man from the early 1900s. He revolutionized the detection of tuberculosis, saved thousands of lives, and died using his name, as the man he always was meant to be.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The chest x-ray use pioneered by Alan Hart continues to be extremely important in screening for tuberculosis. Although no one accomplishes anything in isolation, I'd argue that Hart has helped saved MILLIONS of lives because chest x-rays have been so essential in driving down rates of TB globally.
Stop using screenshots of Google AI responses as if they're citations! Just don't do it.
May 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Stop using screenshots of Google AI responses as if they're citations! Just don't do it.